DRC Eyes US Minerals Deal Tied To Peace in Rebel-Hit East
May 31st, 2025 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on DR Congo’s. hopes that a US minerals deal tied to peace in rebel-hit east can be achieved by the end of June: Officials from the Democratic [...]
Paraguay Seeks To Become Logistics Hub For South America
May 31st, 2025 Via MercoPress, a report on Paraguay’s logistics ambitions: Paraguay last week launched the upcoming Expo Logistics 2025 to be held on June 11 and 12 at the South American Football [...]
Syria Signs $7B Qatari-Led Deal To Double Power Supply
May 30th, 2025 Via The National, a report on a $7bn Qatari-led deal to double Syria’s power supply: Syria on Thursday signed a $7 billion deal with a Qatar-led business group aimed at doubling the [...]
Beyond Geopolitics: The Domestic Drivers of China-Iran Cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative
May 23rd, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a look at how the alignment of domestic socioeconomic interests is a key driver for continued Sino-Iranian cooperation, despite U.S.-led sanctions: More than a decade after the [...]
Gold and Cocoa: Can Ghana’s Twin Economic Pillars Deliver Under Mahama’s Watch?
May 23rd, 2025 Via The Africa Report, a look at Ghana’s economic future: Ghana sits atop a wealth of natural treasures – from the gold buried beneath its soil to the cocoa grown on its farms. But as global [...]
America’s Dangerous Obsession With the Panama Canal
May 22nd, 2025 Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary on what one observer feels is President Trump’s dangerous obsession with the Panama Canal: There’s a country in Latin America that’s not even as [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.